Table 2.

IMCL and intrahepatic lipids and body composition in obese subjects and normal-weight controls (means ± sd)

	Obese (n = 21)	Normal (n = 17)	P
IMCL-TA/H2O (%)	0.5 ± 0.2	0.3 ± 0.2	0.008
IMCL-SOL/H2O (%)	2.4 ± 0.9	1.4 ± 0.5	0.0006
Liver lipids/H2O (%)	8.6 ± 9.0	2.5 ± 3.3	0.01
TAT (cm2)	625.7 ± 204.4	231.9 ± 101.8	<0.0001
SAT (cm2)	476.3 ± 156.4	189.3 ± 97.0	<0.0001
VAT (cm2)	149.4 ± 75.2	42.6 ± 16.5	<0.0001
sc fat, thigh (cm2)	179.3 ± 46.0	88.1 ± 26.5	<0.0001
Muscle, thigh (cm2)	142.0 ± 18.0	107.8 ± 15.9	<0.0001

TAT, Total adipose tissue.